Pre-Markets Flattish Ahead of Late-Week Economic News

After the regular trading day gets underway, New Home Sales for May will hit the tape. Expectations are for a big cooling off to 695K seasonally adjusted, annualized units from the previous month's 12-month high of 743K. Mortgage rates remained elevated last month, within a range of 6.76-7.06%, which provides a natural headwind. On Monday, Existing Home Sales actually outperformed expectations. Fed Chair Jerome Powell spends his second of two days on Capitol Hill, today across the rotunda to testify before ...